Employee Dismissal in Norway

you still need to ask experts,

but just one important comment: making up stories is not a proper way to join new work ,

People are losing jobs all over Norway by thousands, due to oil crisis which affects every thing, and all other sectors.

no shame about this and nothing to worry about or to hide.

Best wishes to recover your work situation very soon.
regards,

Are they talking about dismissal as in SACKING you or retrenchment?  I think Sack and retrench are two very different situations.  If you are being sacked, it does mean it looks bad on you.  BUT if you are being retrenched, that is not within your control because it could be due to market downturn or business restructuring etc.

There is no real advantage of resigning, you should take the package they will have to offer for your dismissal. Although the money may not be so big,depending on your tenure, it is still something. There should be also a proper process in deciding who should leave as there are rules for this sort of things,

Normally does the employee still have to go to work during the notice period?

tskywalker wrote:

Normally does the employee still have to go to work during the notice period?

It depends on your agreement with your employer.  We have staff who resigned and even though they have notice period written in their contract, they do not have to return to work.  our HR call such period "leave of absence".  They still get paid...so it is like a paid vacation.  It usually happen to roles that have access to confidential data or the staff is going to work in a competitor company.